Information is not available to answer this question. However, data from the Office for National Statistics estimate that around 400,000 people describe themselves as self employed in their second jobs between October 2012 and September 2013.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4070", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Matt Hancock"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "West Suffolk"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Matthew Hancock"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-04-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-04-10T12:00:00.00Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "26"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-04-03", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of people who run a small or medium-sized enterprise as a secondary form of income alongside another job.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3985", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Robert Halfon"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Harlow"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Robert Halfon"} ], "uin" : "195098"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/46444", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/46444/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Statistics are not available on applicants to part-time higher education courses as there is no centralised application service for part-time study. However, statistics on entrants to part-time courses at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are available from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) and have been provided back to the academic year 2004/05 in the following table.<\/p>
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Information on enrolments at UK HEIs in the academic year 2013/14 will become available from HESA in January 2015.<\/p>
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Entrants(1) <\/sup>part-time courses by level of study<\/strong><\/p> Academic years 2004/05 to 2012/13<\/p> UK Higher Education Institutions<\/p> 2004/05<\/p><\/td> 2005/06<\/p><\/td> 2006/07<\/p><\/td> 2007/08<\/p><\/td> 2008/09<\/p><\/td> 2009/10<\/p><\/td> 2010/11<\/p><\/td> 2011/12<\/p><\/td> 2012/13<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Postgraduate part-time<\/p><\/td> 108,920<\/p><\/td> 113,955<\/p><\/td> 116,215<\/p><\/td> 116,320<\/p><\/td> 128,945<\/p><\/td> 132,745<\/p><\/td> 127,925<\/p><\/td> 109,535<\/p><\/td> 102,190<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Undergraduate part-time<\/p><\/td> 317,785<\/p><\/td> 336,415<\/p><\/td> 341,030<\/p><\/td> 331,950<\/p><\/td> 344,475<\/p><\/td> 335,050<\/p><\/td> 301,490<\/p><\/td> 278,575<\/p><\/td> 199,905<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total part-time<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 426,710<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 450,370<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 457,245<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 448,275<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 473,420<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 467,795<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 429,415<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 388,115<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 302,095<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency<\/strong><\/p> Note:<\/strong><\/p> (1) <\/strong>Entrants refer to those students entering their first year of study. <\/strong><\/p> (2) <\/strong>Includes entrants from all domiciles (UK, EU and other overseas countries)<\/strong><\/p>"}
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https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/296345/apprenticeship-achievements-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xlsm<\/a><\/p>"}
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